Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets
41-30, 16-20 Away
96
41-30, 16-20 Away
37-34, 24-12 Home
93
37-34, 24-12 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
49% (36-74)
Field Goal %
40% (34-85)
27% (3-11)
Three Point %
36% (8-22)
88% (21-24)
Free Throw %
89% (17-19)
30
Turnovers
32
40
Rebounds
54
Game Information
Referee:Mike Callahan
Referee:Ronnie Nunn
Referee:Leroy Richardson
Game Flow
--LAL
--HOU
Shot Chart
- James Posey made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Technical Free Throw.
- Steve Francis missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
- Rick Fox missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Eddie Griffin missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- James Posey made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Derek Fisher made 21 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made 23 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley missed Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed Tip Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made 22 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Steve Francis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Eddie Griffin missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made Tip Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Posey.
- Rick Fox made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Steve Francis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Yao Ming made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Rick Fox made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Steve Francis missed Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 12 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Robert Horry made Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher made Layup.
- Maurice Taylor made 6 ft Two Point Shot.
- Derek Fisher made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Maurice Taylor missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kelvin Cato missed Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 8 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Glen Rice made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Technical Free Throw.
- Steve Francis missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Terence Morris missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kareem Rush missed 14 ft Jumper.
- James Posey missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Moochie Norris missed 22 ft Jumper.
- James Posey missed Tip Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Terence Morris made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Moochie Norris.
- Kareem Rush missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Yao Ming missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Yao Ming made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by James Posey.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Moochie Norris missed Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Yao Ming missed Jumper.
- James Posey made Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk.
- Yao Ming missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 10 ft Hook Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Derek Fisher made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Rick Fox missed Two Point Shot.
- Glen Rice missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- James Posey made Layup.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 3.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 3 of 3.
- James Posey missed 66 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Steve Francis made Layup. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- James Posey made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
- Yao Ming missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Terence Morris missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Madsen.
- Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
- Yao Ming missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Rick Fox missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Layup.
- Rick Fox missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Cuttino Mobley made 15 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kelvin Cato missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Cuttino Mobley made Technical Free Throw.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Derek Fisher made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- James Posey missed 15 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Technical Free Throw.
- Kobe Bryant made Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Mark Madsen made Dunk. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Steve Francis missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Steve Francis made Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- James Posey made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made 16 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Yao Ming missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- James Posey made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yao Ming.
- Derek Fisher missed 20 ft Jumper.
- James Posey missed 46 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Steve Francis missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- James Posey made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- James Posey made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kelvin Cato missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kelvin Cato missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Robert Horry missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made Layup. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Glen Rice made Technical Free Throw.
- Maurice Taylor missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Glen Rice made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
- Steve Francis missed 13 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Tip Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Jumper.
- Glen Rice made Two Point Shot.
- Devean George missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Devean George made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- James Posey missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
- Maurice Taylor missed Layup.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Dunk.
- Kobe Bryant missed Jumper.
- Glen Rice missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Glen Rice missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Maurice Taylor made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Steve Francis made 19 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 16 ft Two Point Shot.
- Glen Rice made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cuttino Mobley.
- Rick Fox made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Maurice Taylor made Layup.
- Robert Horry made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rick Fox.
- Cuttino Mobley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Hook Shot.
- Kelvin Cato made Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Maurice Taylor missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk.
- Yao Ming made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Glen Rice missed 30 ft Three Point Jumper.
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 37 | 24 | .607 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 35 | 26 | .574 | 2 | W2 |
| Golden State | 31 | 30 | .508 | 6 | L2 |
| LA Clippers | 30 | 31 | .492 | 7 | W3 |
| Sacramento | 14 | 49 | .222 | 24 | L2 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 44 | 17 | .721 | - | W1 |
| Houston | 38 | 22 | .633 | 5.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 23 | 38 | .377 | 21 | L2 |
| Dallas | 21 | 40 | .344 | 23 | L4 |
| New Orleans | 19 | 44 | .302 | 26 | L2 |
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